Meaning and usage of Je?

Question

"Je" means each, and it can be adverb or preposition, which one is correct?

1- "Insgesamt sind von 100 Frauen je, 12 Ausländerinnen und 54 deutsche Frauen müde."

2- "Insgesamt sind von je 100 Frauen, 12 Ausländerinnen und 54 deutsche Frauen müde."

3- "Insgesamt sind je 100 Frauen, 12 Ausländerinnen und 54 deutsche Frauen müde."

4- "Insgesamt sind per 100 Frauen, 12 Ausländerinnen von je und 54 deutsche Frauen von je müde."

5- "Insgesamt sind von 100 Frauen, 12 Ausländerinnen und 54 deutsche Frauen müde."

(2) and (3) are as I know (and say) it, while (1) seems "completely wrong/alien" to me. (3) is a casually shortened form of (2) and might be wrong due to Duden etc, but I think it is usable in daily talk and normal level essays. — Gottfried Helms, Mar 4 '21 at 16:57

Benjamin Basmaci · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-25 20:44:20Z

I think the english word for "je" in this context would come closer to "respectively".

You basically say "Over all, of 100 women, there are 12 foreighn and 54 german women tired respecively.

And I think the correct sentence would then be 1, but without the comma.

If instead you want to say "For every 100 women, there are 12 foreighn and 54 german women who are tired"

Then you would take 2. So context matters.

That being said, 3, 4 are grammatically wrong regardless of context.

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